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spindle fiber
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spindle fiber
n.
One of a network of achromatic filaments that extend inward from the poles of a dividing cell, forming a spindle-shaped figure.
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The muscle spindle apparatus run parallel to the muscle fibers, and their job is to report how much the muscle is being stretched to the central nervous system.
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